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ARTIGO • Ágora (Rio J.) 24 (1) • Jan-Apr 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-44142021001005   copy

THE EGO AS USEFUL FICTION: THE CASE OF MRS. J.

O ego como ficção útil: o caso da Sra. J.

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ABSTRACT:

Using a clinical case as a starting point, we pose the following hypothesis: in clinical practice, Lacan’s decentering of the ego is neither its demolition nor its praise, but its conceptual delimitation. This idea will be argued through the analysis of a woman’s case, in the light of certain points from Seminar 2 and other references that are implied in this text: Jeremy Bentham’s theory of fictions and Freud’s construction in analysis. This clinical-theoretical analysis will guide us to contemplate a possible conceptual delimitation of the ego: the ego as a useful fiction.

Keywords:
Ego; construction; fiction; Freud; Lacan

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